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Press Release: Port of Oakland set for alliance changes: ‘we’re confident’

P R E S S    R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Port of Oakland set for alliance changes: ‘we’re confident’ Shipping lines shuffle decks but operations, cargo volume should hold steady Oakland, Calif. – March 22, 2017: Port of Oakland officials said today that they expect to take on upcoming […]

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Transportation News for March 22, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Brown ‘cautiously optimistic’ about federal Caltrain funding East Bay Times: BART riders, Fremont residents hope relief is on the way with Warm Springs station opening Mercury News: Roadshow: Who won the BART Warm Springs opening date contest? Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael reluctantly OKs SMART deal involving Larkspur extension Napa Valley Register: Take the Napa Commute Challenge […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 22, 2017
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Energy News for March 22, 2017

The Hill: Watchdog piles on criticism of offshore drilling regulator Bloomberg News: Big Oil’s Plan to Buy Into the Shale Boom Financial Times: Electric cars pose little threat to oil demand The Wall Street Journal: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Supremacy Falters Financial Times: Saudi Aramco to launch first public bond sale Financial Times: Gas Natural to file ???1bn complaint against Colombia San […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 22, 2017
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California Water and Drought News for March 22, 2017

Chico Enterprise Record: Oroville Dam: How a 21st-century spillway compares to Oroville’s 1968 structure Sacramento Bee: What this week’s storms mean for California’s flood control system Chico Enterprise-Record: Oroville dam builders share insight on original construction California Ag Today: Saving Fish May Have Caused Oroville Disaster NewsBlaze: Oroville Dam Comes Close To Folding HydroWorld: Oroville Dam powerplant back on line, water […]

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Pacific Maritime Magazine Online for March 21, 2017

    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION           INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE     All Stick, No Carrot   By Chris Philips, Managing Editor      The 16th annual California Maritime Leadership Symposium took place last month in Sacramento, California. Past CMLS conferences have been operations-related, well organized and well attended. […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 21, 2017
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Transportation News for March 31, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Uber slows move into Oakland headquarters San Francisco Chronicle: A year later, I-580 pay-to-use lanes are a success, report says San Francisco Chronicle: Newest ferryboat makes its debut on the bay Mercury News: Video: $15.1 million ferry Hydrus takes to the water on San Francisco Bay San Francisco Examiner: All aboard San Francisco’s newest ferry vessel East […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 21, 2017
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California Water and Drought News for March 21, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Measures save young salmon after failure of Oroville Dam spillway Sacramento Bee: Salmon evacuated from hatchery near Oroville Dam released into Feather River Capital Public Radio: California May Leave Federal Flood Insurance Program And Go It Alone LA Daily News: LA mayor declares emergency on potential aqueduct flooding due to ‘historic’ winter storms San Francisco Chronicle: Jerry […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 21, 2017
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Energy News for March 21, 2017

Financial Times: Guyana oil prospects stir friction between Venezuela and ExxonMobil The Wall Street Journal: Plenty of Cash Lies Buried on Canada’s Oil Sands The Wall Street Journal: Shell Goes on a Deep-Water Drilling Diet Financial Times: Gazprom Neft taps foreign groups for technology to boost production Financial Times: Oil traders led by Vitol boost their ownership of petrol stations […]

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BPC Gains Congressional Support for Local Beneficial Reuse Projects

Click here to read the letter from 11 members of Congress to the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of including the Bay Area as a beneficial use pilot program site Click here to read the letter from BPC CEO John Coleman to Garret Graves re: Testimony for the March 9, 2017 Subcommittee Hearing on Building […]

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